Environmental Portrait of my Father

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I love this… and thinking in the same direction than Andrew, I tweaked…

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Thanks guys, I'll spend a little more time editing it, am liking kodiaks rendition but not quite so dark, would prefer a halfway house between yours and mine.
 
Brazo said:
would prefer a halfway house between yours and mine.
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Just wanted to show a possible way with no pretension of any kind.
I like the way you see your father.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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Just wanted to show a possible way with no pretension of any kind.
I like the way you see your father.
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And I thank you for that, need to brush up on my old dodging and burning skills!
 
This is great.

andyscott said:
Love it but would burn/vignette the top right to focus the light more on your dad
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I'm generally not a fan of vignettes added in post; they rarely make sense with the light that's there and are often an attempt to remedy poor composition. In this case though I agree with Andy - you could darken the right. At the same time I'd lighten the left with a gradient and crop a smidge.

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I think you hit the nail on the head regarding dodging and burning; use it selectively without the need to impinge equally from a bad vignette.
 
Kodiak Qc said:
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I love this… and thinking in the same direction than Andrew, I tweaked…

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Woah... too much IMO.

Just a dab in the top right as suggested would be my advice.

juggler said:
This is great.



I'm generally not a fan of vignettes added in post; they rarely make sense with the light that's there and are often an attempt to remedy poor composition. In this case though I agree with Andy - you could darken the right. At the same time I'd lighten the left with a gradient and crop a smidge.

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Yeah... like that.
 
Pookeyhead said:
Woah... too much IMO.
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This was not my idea of doing it (I have no right to interfere with Mark's artistic intent)
but an idea of what it would look like in say a very theatrical light, a suggestion.
 
Firstly thank you to all for your comments. I did take some care with this image but seems I rushed the processing so I had another go! Just comparing the two versions I can see how flat and without drama my original was. I am happier with this and have updated the original image in post #1.
 
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